Responding to Suspected Cheating

Senate Policy requires that all suspected cheating be reported to the Academic Integrity Office. The guidelines provided here can help instructors, teaching assistants, readers and proctors be prepared for when academic misconduct incidents arise.

According to UCSD Policy, the instructor of record can either meet with the student and then submit a report to the AIC, or submit a report directly to the AIC. You do NOT have to meet with a student before reporting him/her to the Academic Integrity Office.

If you choose NOT to meet with the student, you can simply submit the allegation and documentation to the AI Office.

If you are unsure who to report (when there are multiple students suspected), report all of the students in order to allow the process to unfold fairly. Allegations made against students who turn out not to have been involved can be withdrawn.

NOTE: In a collusion/ collaborative case, one report can be submitted including the information for all of the involved students.

Use the Instructor Report Form (Word file) to submit your report for one or more students. You can email the report to aic@ucsd.edu. You can also email your documentation; if only hard copy is available, please indicate in your email and we will arrange for pick-up.

Please do NOT send the allegation documentation through campus mail; we prefer to pick-up if need be.